Crews working oil spill getting ready to begin plugging well for good

The Associated Press
Vessels gather at the Deepwater Horizon oil spill site over the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast Tuesday.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - BP says it will start shoving mud and maybecement into the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesdayin what could be one of the final steps to plug it for good. BP PLC Senior Vice President Kent Wells said Monday that crewswill likely start the so-called "static kill" attempt Tuesday iftests Monday determine the well can withstand the mud. There's no guarantee of success, and engineers still plan tofollow it up days later with a similar procedure through reliefwells they've been digging for months. But the oil giant's engineers and petroleum experts say it's theclearest path yet to choke the blown-out well and make it eveneasier for the crews digging the relief well to ensure oil cannever again erupt from the mile-deep well.

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